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Overview

The Gibraltar Gambling Commission (previously called the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority) is home to a large proportion of the more reputable and well managed gambling companies operating online today. Situated off the southern coast of Spain in Europe, Gambling licensing has become one of Gibraltar’s biggest industries.

Through the Gambling Control Division, the Department of Justice regulates all forms of gambling in Montana, except for the Montana Lottery and horse racing. The legislature has charged the Division with maintaining a uniform regulatory climate that is fair and free of corrupt influences. When the country first started regulating gambling, the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (known as the GRA) was initially responsible for the regulation. Later down the line, the GRA was then incorporated into the Gambling Division of the Government of Gibraltar – the same body that today, is responsible for online gambling regulation. Gibraltar Licensing Authority. Gibraltar Licensing Authority has become well-reputed to offer regulated gaming firms that have placed strict rules and a serious code of conduct. Many companies have chosen to locate their business in this region, so it is now popular to have the largest gambling industry in Europe. Members include household names in the gambling industry such as Bet365, Betfair, Ladbrokes and William Hill. The GBGA's purpose is to speak on behalf of the Gibraltar remote gambling licensees on matters of legal and regulatory importance to the gambling industry, when engaging in dialogue with relevant authorities around the world. Gibraltar Gambling Division and Spelinspektionen (The Swedish Gambling Authority) 1 Objectives 1. The delivery of online gambling services is increasingly global in nature with operational infrastructure (including cloud and other technology services), management control and other core services increasingly dispersed.

Gibraltar initially started offering to license online gambling licenses (for online sportsbooks, betting and casinos). Since then they have established a reputation as one of the leading regulatory authorities in the world, insisting on fairness checks on the software each of their licensees’ use and that the company involved has an outstanding history of ethical business practice.

Unfortunately more recently, when confronted with a game provider that was being used by several of their licensee who had produced and supplied games that were in contravention of multiple terms within the GRA gambling license, the GRA failed to take any definitive action what-so-ever against any party involved.

The unique factors in this instance were that the games were provably functioning in a way which the physical devise they represented (cards) would not, that the games were provably adaptive – i.e. due to the constrictions the paytable offered the odds of any specific outcome had to change to result in the return to player (RTP) that the game produced, that the games provably were returning more to the player in free play mode than they would in real play mode and that the advertised RTP did not give an accurate reflection of the real RTP. Each of these factors by themselves constitutes a breach of the GRA license.

The GRA’s failure to take swift (it took over 4 months to issue a statement) and decisive action against the involved parties leaves real question as to the ability they actually have to enforce the rules they created. More concerning even than this, by failing to ensure that the games that their licensees offer conform (where appropriate) to the natural odds of the device they represent, they leave the door open for their licensees to extend this practice to other games, for example a Video Poker game where the odds of drawing a specific Ace is not 1 in 52 or an American Roulette game where the odds of landing on any specific number are less than 1 in 38. We would consider this to be cheating, but without a regulator ensuring that this does not happen casinos are left to their own conscience as to whether to mislead customers in this fashion.

This issue has to all intents and purposes ruined the GRA’s reputation as a regulatory authority. While they may be more likely to respond to player complaints than some other authorities, they’ve failed to take meaningful action at a key time and as such can no longer be considered one of the top tier regulators.

To read more about this issue see http://thepogg.com/finsoftspielo-g2-dynamite-ideas-how-the-regulators-reacted/.

Contact Details;

Website – http://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/remotegambling/

Gibraltar Regulatory Authority Gambling Division Address

Email – [email protected]

Telephone – 00350 20064142

Fax – 00350 20064150

Address – Gambling Division

Government of Gibraltar

Gibraltar Regulatory Authority Gambling Division New York

Gibraltar

Gibraltar Regulatory Authority Gambling Division Form

The HM Government of Gibraltar has imposed fines totalling £2.5 million across its online gambling sector, having identified weak processes and controls related to ensuring AML protections.

The fines shared across the industry follow a ‘thematic review’ undertaken by Gibraltar’s Gambling Division undertaking risk assessment of AML and compliance duties.

In its assessment, the Gambling Division noted that operators had ‘worked collaboratively’ with its investigation to rectify ‘generic system weaknesses that are common to more than one operator’.

However, whilst AML risk-based controls improved incrementally, the Gambling Division recorded too many instances where ‘risk tolerances were too great and the timing on interventions was too slow or ineffective’.

One case reviewed, detailed that several operators had processed monies that had been stolen from an employer by an individual, who had fraudulently forged documents and provided false information in relation to their source of funds.

Gibraltar’s government has warned betting leadership to heed its warning with regards to AML duties, for which operators must ensure enhanced due diligence is carried out on customer verification and onboarding.

Furthermore, operators must ensure that they have all the technical controls and system capabilities to monitor all player accounts and transactions.

Meanwhile, operational and customer service teams must be trained to a ‘commensurate level’ as a key requisite in upholding AML and social responsibility obligations.

Finally, operators must report suspicious activity in a timely manner in line with their obligations under the Gibraltar Proceeds of Crime Act 2015 (POCA).

The Gibraltar government confirmed that fine proceeds totalling £2.5 million would be distributed to the ‘Gibraltar Gambling Care Foundation’ – to support the use of training initiatives at the Gibraltar University in AML and social responsibility by their employees.

Signing-off its statement, the Gibraltar government warned of the severity of the investigation’s findings, despite the Gambling Division choosing not to proceed with enforcement to POCA supervisory powers.

“Executive teams under the supervision of their Boards should ensure that internal risk assessments and reviews in this area take full account of the Gambling Commissioner’s expectations in this important area,” the government underlined.

“The fact that this matter has not proceeded to the enforcement stage under POCA supervisory powers in respect of any single issue, does not mean that these powers will not be utilised in the future and the wider industry should heed the learnings detailed in this thematic review.”